Disasters Averted

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I recently had a pump patient who suddenly started having a problem in the morning with hypoglycemia, 30 minutes after arising but prior to taking her bolus for her breakfast. We recommended she change her infusion set and insertion area however there was no improvement and she continued to have …

A 53-year-old Hispanic woman presents for an initial evaluation of Type 2 diabetes. The patient was first diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes 15 years ago. She has since been noticing mild paresthesias of the feet….

I visited a housebound patient who had uncontrolled blood glucose, in spite of her physician having increased her insulin dose over a period of two weeks to twice her previous dose. The physician requested that I ask in depth about any factors that might be causing her to need so much more insulin. …

I am a dietitian working as a diabetes educator. I often work with patients on insulin, and teach insulin to carb ratios and correction factors. Patients need to be able to read food labels and know portion size in order to dose their mealtime insulin correctly. I often get referred patients …

I recently started working with a 58 y/o gentleman who had insulin dependent Type 2 diabetes. He was 110 pounds overweight, and was using 120 units of Lantus and 30 units of Humalog daily. His most recent A1c was 8.6….